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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 23
(2018) pp 42-49
The Chemistry of Science Fiction
Keith Kostecka
Department of Science and Mathematics, Columbia College – Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605-1996, kkostecka@colum.edu
Received September 9. 2016. Accepted August 8, 2017.
Published: 5 March 2018
Abstract. Few students
majoring in such fields as cinema art and science, fiction writing, television,
music, dance, etc., take science courses that are rigorous and yet present
content in imaginative ways. At Columbia College - Chicago, students receive
such an introduction to chemistry and scientific concepts through the practices
of reading/analysis of short stories and viewing/analysis of video “clips”
featuring chemistry-based science fiction. In addition to other standard
classroom methods of evaluation, students complete a final course project to
illustrate select chemistry concepts learned. This is accomplished in the
course The Chemistry of Science Fiction.
Key Words: In the Classroom; general chemistry; first-year undergraduate, introductory chemistry, multimedia-based learning, non-majors courses and student-centered learning
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: kkostecka@colum.edu)
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Supporting Materials:
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